Although forecasters with the National Weather Service had warned of winds gusting up to 35 mph as the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew through the Ohio River Valley, the windstorm actually brought winds clocking at twice that speed, according to an NWS spokesman.

The buzz of chainsaws filled the air Monday morning and afternoon, as residents in Sanders worked to clear away debris from one of the worst windstorms in recent memory.

The path of Hurricane Ike, which swung on a northeasterly course Sunday after coming ashore Saturday in Texas, left a 200-mile-wide swath of destruction in about 12 other states, including Kentucky, according to Weather.com.

While most residents in Carroll County did not lose power in the storm, the entire city of Sanders did.

Milton Elementary School will host its annual fish fry Oct. 18. We’d like to invite everyone to visit us on this special day.

This year will be the final fish fry at the current Milton Elementary School before our greatly anticipated mid-year move to the new facility. We are excited and nostalgic about the ‘good ole days’! We want to make this year’s fall festival a true “walk down memory lane”.

More than 1,600 water customers in Carroll and Owen counties will see improvements to their water systems with a $1.65 million combination federal loan and grant award to Carroll County Water District No. 1.

Conway was found Sunday, two days after she went missing, in a Louisville, Ky., Kroger, where she was trying to find a phone.

Authorities were called and Conway was taken to University Hospital in Louisville. She was transported back to the Carrollton facility by 2 p.m. Sunday, according to Louise Jones, assistant administrator at the Manor.